...Hassan Swedy Lunku; Zaiyang Li; Muhsin Danga Deforestation via forest conversion remains a persistent threat that leads to land degradation, biodiversity loss, and climate change in sub-Saharan Africa ( SSA ). Financial inclusion significantly boosts the deforestation dilemma and many communities...

...Hassan Swedy Lunku; Zaiyang Li; Shaohua Yang Deforestation remains among the most pressing environmental issues in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Widespread deforestation accelerates biodiversity loss, destabilizes ecosystems, and contributes to climate change, threatening both local communities...

..., the utilization of these resources brings with it numerous drawbacks that surpass the concept of the “natural resource curse,” such as forest conversion or deforestation. This study analyzes the impact of natural resource exploitation or mining, through mineral rents and income inequality, on forest conversion...

... countries over the period 2002–2020. The estimation results of a panel threshold regression (PTR) suggest the validity of the pollution haven hypothesis in developing countries. The findings point out that, developing countries should regulate attraction of FDIs, as these increase deforestation. Developing...

...Aye Mengistu Alemu This study employs a system GMM dynamic regression model and examines how the rates of deforestation vary by the level of per capita income and other factors for 21 middle/upper income African countries and 9 East Asian countries using panel data from 1990 to 2016. The East Asian...

...: mailto.ebarbier@uwyo.edu (E.B. Barbier). 08 02 2017 17 02 2017 © 2017 Department of Forest Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå 2017 Department of Forest Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå Licensed re-use rights only Deforestation...

... deforestation and urbanization and how subsequent changes in deforestation and urbanization affect GHG emissions, using South Korea as a case study. The results from ex ante simulations imply that carbon dioxide equivalent emissions could increase between 17.4 and 19.2 million tons with private forestland...

...Frito Dolisca; Joshua M. McDaniel; Lawrence D. Teeter; Curtis M. Jolly Haiti, with a forest cover estimated at 3% of all land area, has experienced severe degradation of its natural resources and a significant change in its land cover. While deforestation in Haiti is obviously multifaceted, one...

... of the village women. © 2001 Darla Hatton MacDonald, Wiktor L. Adamowicz and Martin K. Luckert 2001 Darla Hatton MacDonald, Wiktor L. Adamowicz and Martin K. Luckert Licensed re-use rights only Deforestation fuelwood nonmarket valuation random utility model Wood is the primary source...

...Alemu Mekonnen Over 90 percent of energy consumption in Ethiopia comes from biomass fuels and this pattern is a major cause of land degradation and deforestation in the country. This paper examines biomassfuel collection and consumption behaviour of a sample of rural households in Ethiopia. We...

...Elina Uitamo The forest area of the Philippines declined in twenty years, during 1970 - 1990, from about one third to about one fifth of the total land area, i.e. from 10 to 6 million hectares. The relative significance of the various direct and indirect causes of deforestation obviously have...

...Ashok K. Saxena; Jagdish C. Nautiyal; David K. Foot Causes of deforestation have been debated by foresters, demographers, geographers, and economists alike ( Palo 1994 ). Yet no consensus has been reached on the roles of various factors such as population, external indebtedness, income...

...Gregory S. Amacher; William F. Hyde; Keshav R. Kanel Subsistence households are a leading source of deforestation and their consumption of fuelwood, in particular, is important in many developing countries. Yet the empirical economic examinations of fuelwood consumption are sparse, particularly...